Editing Richard Lindzen (section)

===IPCC activities===
Lindzen worked on Chapter 7 of 2001 [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] Working Group 1, which considers the physical processes that are active in real world climate. He had previously been a contributor to Chapter 4 of the 1995 "[[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] [[IPCC Second Assessment Report|Second Assessment]]". He described the full 2001 IPCC report as "an admirable description of research activities in climate science"<ref name = "canadian_reactions_to_sir_david_king.html">{{cite web | title=Canadian Reactions To Sir David King | url= http://meteo.lcd.lu/globalwarming/Lindzen/canadian_reactions_to_sir_david_king.html | last=Lindzen | first=Richard S. | publisher=[[The Hill Times]] | date=February 23, 2004 | access-date= 2007-04-05}}</ref> although he criticized the [[Summary for Policymakers]]. Lindzen stated in May 2001 that it did not truly summarize the IPCC report<ref>{{cite web | title=Testimony of Richard S. Lindzen before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee | url = http://www.lavoisier.com.au/articles/climate-policy/science-and-policy/Lindzen_McCain.pdf | last=Lindzen | first=Richard S. | publisher=[[Lavoisier Group]] | date=May 1, 2001 | access-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref> but had been amended to state more definite conclusions.<ref>{{cite news | title=The Deniers – Part V: The original denier: into the cold | url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=63ab844f-8c55-4059-9ad8-89de085af353&k=0 | last=Solomon | first=Lawrence | author-link=Lawrence Solomon | newspaper=[[National Post]] | date=December 22, 2006 | access-date=2007-04-05 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223145833/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=63ab844f-8c55-4059-9ad8-89de085af353&k=0 | archive-date=February 23, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> He also emphasized the fact that the summary had not been written by scientists alone. The NAS panel on which Lindzen served says that the summary was the result of dialogue between scientists and policymakers.{{Efn | The NAS panel said on the matter that "The committee finds that the full IPCC Working Group I (WGI) report is an admirable summary of research activities in climate science, and the full report is adequately summarized in the Technical Summary. The full WGI report and its Technical Summary are not specifically directed at policy. The Summary for Policymakers reflects less emphasis on communicating the basis for uncertainty and a stronger emphasis on areas of major concern associated with human-induced climate change. This change in emphasis appears to be the result of a summary process in which scientists work with policy makers on the document. Written responses from U.S. coordinating and lead scientific authors to the committee indicate, however, that (a) no changes were made without the consent of the convening lead authors (this group represents a fraction of the lead and contributing authors) and (b) most changes that did occur lacked significant impact".<ref name=ccs_summary>{{cite web | work =Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions | title = Summary | url = http://www.nap.edu/html/climatechange/summary.html | publisher=[[National Academies Press]] | year=2001 | access-date= 2007-04-05}}</ref>}}